June 28th was the anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo - the
Serbs equivalent of Culloden

A group of Serb nationalist terrorists were sent to Sarajevo
by the Black Hand secret society - and they had received weapons
from the Serb army

The leader of the Society was Colonel Apis who was head of
Serbian military intelligence

The Austrian army was responsible for security during the royal
visit but many of the troops were away on the manoeuvres which
the Archduke had come to inspect. There were great gaps in security

While the Archduke and his wife were being driven to the Town
Hall, a bomb was thrown at the Royal car. It hit the back of the
vehicle, bounced, exploded in front of the following car and injured
one of the Archduke's assistants, an equerry.

At the Town Hall Franz Ferdinand made a very bad tempered speech
and then set off to see the injured equerry in hospital. This
was a change of plan but no one told the chauffeur of the Royal
car

After leaving the Town Hall the Royal car was driven along
the Appel Quay and then turned on to the bridge as originally
planned. The driver was then told of the change and he stopped
the car to reverse.

As the car stopped, Gavrilo Princip one of the Black Hand group
saw it, stepped forward to the car, raised his pistol and shot
both Franz Ferdinand and his wife.

Within 15 minutes they were both dead

A month later Europe was at war.

Murder at Sarajevo

Read pages 24 to 25 and answer these questions-

Who visited Sarajevo on June 28th, 1914?

What 2 factors made a terrorist attack likely?

Who murdered the Archduke and his wife?

Why did some people think that Franz Ferdinand had been deliberately
exposed to danger?